Operation With A Computer - Omnitronic BD-1380 Bedienungsanleitung

8. OPERATION WITH A COMPUTER

The turntable is supplied with the audio software Audacity. Audacity is an easy-to-use audio editor and
recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. The program was licensed
under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and is thus free for everybody. However, you can also use the
turntable with any other recording software. More information about Audacity as well as the open source
code can be found on the supplied CD-ROM or on the internet at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.
The following two sections contain basic information on how to configure and operate the audio
software Audacity.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
8.1 Installation and configuration of the software
1 Install the audio software Audacity on your computer.
2 Connect the turntable with the supplied USB connection cable to your computer and switch on the
turntable.
3 After connecting, start the audio software. If the program has already been started prior to the
connection, it must be terminated and restarted; otherwise the turntable is not found.
Call the software's setup panel under Edit/Preferences and make the required adjustments in the Audio
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I/O tab for audio recording from the turntable and audio playback on your computer.
• In control panel "Playback", select your sound cards as playback device.
• In control panel "Recording", select the turntable as recording device and two stereo channels.
Fig. 8: Configuration under Windows
5 In the mixer toolbar, use the input selector to select the recording source. The recording and playback
level can be adjusted with the level controls.
Refer to the software's instruction manual for further configuration options.
A detailed English
as a PDF file.
instruction can
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be downloaded under